Bolivia: Forceful blocking of soybean routes against price band

Published 2021년 2월 23일

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Soy producers in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, are protesting against the government's price band for soybean meal, claiming it causes a loss of $100 million. The protest has led to the blockade of at least six routes, causing disruption to traffic and supply. The producers are demanding the elimination of the price band, supply quotas, and free export and access to biotechnology in soybean and corn crops. They also want control over 20% of soy by-products to guarantee supply for the domestic market. The protest is also causing delays in the issuance of Supply Certificates, which are necessary for soy product exports to reach foreign markets, potentially impacting over 150,000 jobs and investments worth $1,500 million.

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Pýgina Siete / La Paz Soy producers indefinitely and forcefully block at least six routes in the north and east of Santa Cruz against the price band applied by the Government to soybean meal and which they claim generates losses of 100 million dollars. ýWe have had to take this extreme measure due to the lack of solution to our demand to eliminate the price band, supply quotas and our request for free export and access to biotechnology in soybean and corn crops, mainly, said Fidel Flores, President of the National Association of Oilseed and Wheat Producers (Anapo). Since zero hours yesterday, the producers mobilized with roadblocks in Pailýn, Los Troncos, Cuatro Caýadas, San Juliýn, Banegas Bridge, Okinawa and the Friendship Bridge. At the blockade points, the television media showed a large number of stranded trucks and vehicles; However, the sector mobilized around 11:15 declared a quarter of an hour to let motorized vehicles pass with passengers, sick people, loads of ...

Source: Paginasiete